Rothko Defaced at Tate Modern

The IndependentA Mark Rothko painting was defaced at the Tate Modern today. Andrew Johnson of The Independent and Hyperallergic report that a man walked up to the work, Black on Maroon, 1958, with a marker pen and tagged it. The painting was gifted to the museum in 1965 by Rothko. The painting was originally part of a series commissioned for the Four Seasons Restaurant …

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